In just his second season in the NBA, Trae Young has become one of the league's most prolific scorers.
He's averaging 29.2 points per game to go along with 8.5 assists while leading all of the East's guards in All-Star voting. Young is a mammoth task to contain in Year 2, and if the Wizards want to get back in the win column Friday night, they'll have to focus all of their energy on defending him.
But let's not forget that last year, the Wizards defended the upstart rookie better than anyone else in the NBA.
Through four games against Washington, Young averaged 12 points on 28.9 percent shooting from the floor and 33.3 percent from three.
The Wizards were the only team Young shot worse than 30 percent FG and scored less than 16 points per game against.
Personnel probably had something to do with it. Last season, Scott Brooks deployed Tomas Satoransky and Chasson Randle on Young, and neither player is on this year's squad.
But the strategy may be the same. While Sato is gone, Brooks still has a few long defenders to throw at Young. Isaac Bonga, Gary Payton II and Troy Brown Jr. could all see time guarding the Hawks' star ballhandler. Young's small stature allows bigger players to dictate where he goes on the floor despite the fact he's a much better player than in his rookie season.
So while the Wizards have struggled to stop anyone all year (30th-ranked defense in the league), Brooks may already have the answer to Young after last season. Put a strong, long defender on him and hope for the best.
We'll find out if the Wizards' good fortune against Young continues on Friday night at 7 p.m. ET.
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